Toy Story (movie)

Only four times in the last 34 years has the Oscar for best picture been awarded to the highest-grossing movie released that year, and usually the box-office difference between the two is in the hundreds of millions. In only slightly more than half of the years — 18 of 34 — did the best picture earn more than $100 million. With the exception of the stellar opening weekend box office for “American Sniper,” the rest of the nominees for best picture have made relatively meager sums in theaters — the domestic box office for all eight films combined is only slightly more than the amount made by summer hit “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

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